Every Women’s Physique Olympia Winner Since 2013

The IFBB added two divisions to the Olympia in 2013: Men’s Physique and Women’s Physique. The second of those opened the weekend to a group of female competitors who had nowhere obvious to compete, and it filled quickly.

Dana Linn Bailey won the first one. Juliana Malacarne and Sarah Villegas have four each, and Natalia Abraham Coelho has two after taking the 2025 title.

Five champions in thirteen years, and the last four of those years have all come down to the same two women.

Every champion, 2013 to 2025

5 champions have won it across 13 contests

Year	Champion	Country	Runner-up
2025	Natalia Abraham Coelho ×2	United States	Sarah Villegas
2024	Sarah Villegas ×4	United States	Natalia Abraham Coelho
2023	Sarah Villegas ×4	United States	Natalia Abraham Coelho
2022	Natalia Abraham Coelho ×2	United States	Sarah Villegas
2021	Sarah Villegas ×4	United States	Natalia Abraham Coelho
2020	Sarah Villegas ×4	United States	Shanique Grant
2019	Shanique Grant ×2	United States	Sarah Villegas
2018	Shanique Grant ×2	United States	Natalia Abraham Coelho
2017	Juliana Malacarne ×4	Brazil	Jennifer Taylor
2016	Juliana Malacarne ×4	Brazil	Danielle Reardon
2015	Juliana Malacarne ×4	Brazil	Kira Neuman
2014	Juliana Malacarne ×4	Brazil	Dana Linn Bailey
2013	Dana Linn Bailey	United States	Tycie Coppett

Runner-up sourced from 271 recorded placings. Updates automatically.

Every Women’s Physique Olympia champion

2013: Dana Linn Bailey

Nobody knew what the division would look like, and there was real curiosity about how it would separate itself from Figure and from Ms. Olympia.

Bailey set the standard. She was already known, but winning the first Women’s Physique Olympia moved her into a different tier entirely. Tycie Coppett was second, Sara Hurrie third.

She is still the only champion in the division to finish with exactly one title.

2014-2017: Juliana Malacarne

With the first contest judged, everyone else knew what was wanted. Bailey went into 2014 as favourite, with Coppett rated her closest threat.

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Malacarne had finished seventh in 2013 and made more progress over that off-season than anyone in the field. She won it clearly. Bailey took second, Coppett third.

Bailey never returned. She placed second behind Malacarne at the 2015 Arnold Classic and moved to powerlifting. Malacarne defended her title that year, the first in the division to do it, and held off Heather Grace, Kira Neuman and Jennifer Taylor for two more.

She retired after her fourth in 2017.

2018-2019: Shanique Grant

Malacarne did not defend, and the 2018 title was open. Grace was the expected winner, but two newcomers got in the way: Shanique Grant and Natalia Abraham Coelho, who had switched over from Figure.

Grant beat Coelho in a close one, with Daniely Castilho third and Grace fifth.

The rematch was expected to decide 2019 as well, and then Sarah Villegas got between them. Grant held her off for a second title, and Coelho dropped to third.

2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024: Sarah Villegas

Villegas spent the off-season after that near miss adding size and definition.

The 2020 contest moved to Orlando and from September to December because of COVID. Grant missed her mark, Villegas did not, and the title changed hands. Grant retired shortly afterwards. Coelho was third for a second straight year.

That left Coelho as the only real opposition in 2021, and she brought an improved package. Villegas edged her again. Coelho made the podium for a fourth consecutive year; Brooke Walker took third on debut.

Coelho then beat her in 2022, and the 2023 contest got heated at the press conference before anyone posed. Villegas came in razor-sharp, took the title back, and became the first woman in the division to reclaim it after losing it.

2024 made it four. Coelho improved again and still finished second, which tied Villegas with Malacarne on titles.

2022 and 2025: Natalia Abraham Coelho

Four straight years in the top three, then the 2022 title. Plenty of people had picked her to beat Villegas that year and she did it on aesthetics, conditioning and shape, with Walker third.

2025 had a record on the line: a fifth title for Villegas would have put her clear of Malacarne. Coelho brought the best package of her career, with visibly improved delts and quads, and Villegas made site enhancement oil accusations in the run-up.

The improvements and the stage presence settled it. Coelho took a second title, Villegas was second, Zana Benta third.

What the full results reveal

Only one champion ever won it on debut

Dana Linn Bailey, at the very first Olympia in 2013. Every champion since lost before winning, on average 1.4 times first.

Dana Linn Bailey02013

Shanique Grant02018

Juliana Malacarne12014

Sarah Villegas22020

Natalia Abraham Coelho42022

Olympias entered before a first title, fewest first

The best bodybuilders who never won it

Tycie Coppett reached the podium 3 times between 2013 and 2015, 1 of them as runner-up, and never took the title.

3Coppett

2Grace

2Walker

2Benta

1Neuman

1Reardon

1Taylor

1Hurrle

Each block is one podium finish. Filled = runner-up.

1 reigns hold 4 of the 13 titles

The title moves in blocks rather than years. The long reigns below are the dynasties; the single years are the era we are in now.

Dana Linn Bailey12013

Juliana Malacarne42014–2017

Shanique Grant22018–2019

Sarah Villegas22020–2021

Natalia Abraham Coelho12022

Sarah Villegas22023–2024

Natalia Abraham Coelho12025

Each bar is one unbroken reign, oldest first

How many rivals you had to beat

The 2010s Olympia averaged 23.4 competitors. By the 2010s it was 23.4, and in the 2020s it is 17.8.

Average scored competitors per contest, by decade

Where the title lives

Champion nationality, decade by decade.

2010s43Brazil 4, United States 3

2020s6United States 6

Oxblood marks a champion from outside the United States

*Images courtesy of Juliana Malacarne Instagram, Sarah Villegas Instagram, Shanique Grant from @therealfitnessbeauty Instagram and Dana Linn Bailey Instagram